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Is it wrong to really love your potting bench?

Big Jake's Potting Bench

Perhaps it’s just me, but I love potting stuff up. I enjoy watching the plants I grew from seed, seedlings or cuttings get too large for the containers they are in and require a new home. I also realize that with each new pot I put them in, they come closer to being able to live outside in…

February 2, 2017

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Gardening Tips, Potting Soil, Propagation

Ten easy steps to create a new succulent planter

Succulent Pot Creation Final Results

The top of my outside fireplace has been bare for way too many years. It was time to put the effort into correcting that. It was time to create mirroring planters to give the fireplace greater appeal. Due to the fact I am terrible about remembering to water my planters, I almost always use succulents…

June 25, 2015

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Filed Under: SUCCULENTS Tagged With: Cactus, Pottery, Potting Soil, Water Wise

Custom potting soil experiment

Dypsis onilahensis Soil Experiment

Back in April of last year I wrote a post about a custom potting soil mix that I have been using for about seven years now. I was even so bold as to call it the “perfect” mix. Of course you can’t make those types of claims without some proof, right? So in that post last year…

May 14, 2015

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Gardening Tips, Potting Soil

The perfect potting soil mix

Fox Farm Logo

OK, so the title is misleading. Of course there is no “perfect” potting soil mix that will work well for every type of plant you grow under pot culture. I would love for it to be that simple, but it just isn’t the case. Over the years I have been tweaking my own custom mix…

April 2, 2014

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Gardening Tips, Potting Soil

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